Improvement in funnel can-filler s



Toall whom ftmay concern 'd parts.

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' L. BRUNDAGE AND B".DoWNINe, or' rIT'rs'roN;v PENNSYLVANIA.

t Leners Patent N 100,851, dated Mm?. 15, 1870.

` 'fmPR'ovEMnN-r nv runner.. CAN-Hume WMe- 4'J'.he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the-same Ber ie 'known new was. L. BRUNDAGE aria B. DOWNING, of Pittston, in the county of Luzerne, and

State 'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usel fnl Improvement iu`C.n-Fillers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clea, and exact def seription thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of' this specification. x l

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in au article for filling cans in the processof `preserving fruits, meats, vegetables, and all similar a1tcles,bysealing them from the atmosphere, whereby the operation of filling the'.` cans with the article to be preserved is greatly facilitated; and `V The invention consists in a funnel-shaped filler provided with aisuitable orifice, and with flanges. or collars, as hereinafter more fully described.v

In the accompanying drawings- Fignrel represents a vertical section of the filler through the line x :1: o'fiig. 2. .lFignre 2 isa view of the under or reverse side of the l er. Y

Similar vletters of refcrence'indicate corresponding A is the body oi' the lle'r.

Bis the handle. i I 1 C is theorilice through which the article to be prei served is passed into the can.

On the bottoni of the filler there 'are two flanges o r :collars D and E. The former sets'down onto the top of the can'and incloses its mouth, as seen inthe drawing.- 'lhe other enters the mouth of the can and delivers the fruit or other article `into the,` body of the can, thus keeping the top of the can and packingperfectly clean and dry. 1 The flange or collar -D which rests upon the can keeps the ller inrplace while the can is being filled.

The advantages of this article for the filling of cans are many, and will be obvious to all who have experiencedv-the difficulties incident to the ordinary method.

Having thus described our invention,

We claim as new and `desire to secure Patentn 1. The straight concentric collars or flanges D and E, the inner E extendingl below the outer D, in comthe handle B, arranged substantially as described and Witnesses: *1

WlLmAM R. SAX, D. V LAMB.

by Letters. 

